Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones

Subject: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Irene M
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 11:59 AM

Has anyone had the idea of using folk music for mobile phone ring-tones? If anyone has, or knows a source, please share.
I know I'm a sad sod, but I do think a blast of what Terry Wogan refers to as "Hooligan Music" would make a welcome change.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: KeithofChester
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 12:07 PM

My phone takes MP3s, so I loaded up one of my favourite Phil Beer solo tracks, with a good distinctive guitar intro. I'll have to make sure the phone doesn't ring near The Dark One though or he'll think I'm being "Fairest"

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Kiss Me Slow Slap Me Quick
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 12:12 PM

I am no expert, so don't ask me the next step or how to go about it. But, many mobile phones can use MP3s as a ringtone, so any MP3 version of any tune could be yours to to go off at your next attendance at a, wedding, funeral, interview, court appearance, folk club.......

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Anne Lister
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 01:01 PM

I've got two of my songs as ringtones - one for a call, the other for a text message. Easy to do, once they're MP3s.

Anne

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: sapper82
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 02:57 PM

I've recorded myself on my mobile phone playing the mouth organ and have that as a ring tone. Very unique.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Ernest
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 03:06 PM

I have an older model that has a part of Sailors Hornpipe - its the one I use of course

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: GUEST,goodlife
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 03:09 PM

Most phones that act as a mp3 player will allow you to set a track as a rintone find a list of music tracks on your phone highlight a track then press options on the menu that appears it should say select as ringtone

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: IvanB
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 03:11 PM

I prefer to use midi's for ringtones due to their small size. Obviously this precludes having any voice tracks as ringtones, but I've been using various folk dance tunes as ringtones for several years now. They're easily found on the web and not nearly as intrusive as the standard ring if I forget to turn off my cell at a singaround.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Micca
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 04:31 PM

I have Fortunato and Suzette yodelling as my ringtone, I have a phone that has Bluetooth and just transferred the relevent bit using that, at least when it rings I KNOW its mine thats ringing!!!!!

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Lester
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 06:42 PM

Currently using the intro to Imagined Villages' Cold Haily Windy Night. -

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 06:47 PM

The sons of bitches use my song, but they never pay me for the privlege.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 06:49 PM

Irene, for several years I had Pete Seeger singing "This Land Is Your Land" on my cellphone. I think it was about2002 when I downloaded that one.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 06:54 PM

You know, I hate to be the curmudgeon here, but somehow I think folk msuic should not be played on cell phones. Though I gotta admit, you'd probably be the only person in the office who's answering to Gypsy Davy.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Tootler
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 06:54 PM

I recorded myself playing "Jamie Allen" and one of my own tunes (a slow air). I use Jamie Allen for the phone and the slow air for text messages. Mostly I have my phone on silent though, with the vibrator on.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Barbara Shaw
Date: 21 Feb 08 - 07:08 PM

I have "Uncle Pen" by Bill Monroe, Frank has some Earl Scruggs banjo tune, can't remember which one...they all sound alike, ya know?

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: pavane
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 03:05 AM

On my old NOKIA phone, you had to enter the notes on the keypad using a code.

(I added the translation to my program HARMONY, so it could show the codes you needed to enter for any abc tune. Totally obsolete now!).

I used 'My Johnny was a Shoemaker', until I lost the phone about 6 months ago in Brussels (So if anyone has found a phone playing that tune...)

But that is not actually a folk song anyway, it was written around 1859 and can be found in the Lester Levy collection (Sorry, I don't have a link handy)

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Grab
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 09:21 AM

A friend of mine was working on mobile phone software back about 7-8 years ago when they only came with preprogrammed ringtones. They came to needing some demo ringtones for handsets, so he punched in a bunch of fiddle tunes, and apparently they actually did make it through into the production versions and were quite popular with customers. :-)

I could try and find which handsets they were if anyone wants, but it's quite likely they were only for the Far East so I can't guarantee you'd find them on eBay.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Ian Burdon
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 10:06 AM

On my first mobile I used the keypad to programme in the first few measures of "Staten Island", although these days I tend to just use a pre-programmed tone.

I have a good friend who's ringtone is Jake Thackray's guitar intro to "On Again, On Again" though.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Irene M
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 11:07 AM

Wow.
Thank you all.
I have finally (sort of) given in and bought a mobile phone. It stays off most of the time as I refused to be electronically tagged. However, yes, allegedly, it has MP3. I am waiting for the USB cable to arrive, then I can play. I tend towards the idea of an intro to a song. Don't want the vocals, as I would feel obliged to let it play, out of courtesy to the performer, while driving the caller titless. Maybe the intro to Fairport's "Who Knows Where The Time Goes". Anyway, I'll have fun figuring it all out.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 02:16 PM

Irene: I've been using Myxter and GroupieTunes via TuneCore who acts as my record company getting me into iTunes, Amazon.com, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster, Sony Connect, Virgin Digital, Zune, etc. There are ENORMOUS outlets for ringtones, you need only to search for themThe only thing stopping using Folk Music is the reluctance of folk artists to involve themselves with the new media. I believe a LOT of people would like to have something different as a ringtone or conversation piece. Your music could be playing ANYWHERE, and where THAT will lead is anybody's guess. I have felt for a long time that this is the way to go. A blend between the CD and the digital realm. For anyone interested, I've encourage other artists & fans in other threads to read "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine. It's a whole new world out there in terms of how music is being distributed...bob
http://www.myspace.com/bobryszkiewicz

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 02:27 PM

I used the composer on my phone to set up the tune to "I Ain't Marching Anymore!" by Phil Ochs

I always know it's my phone that's 'ringing'.

Actually, thinking about it now, perhaps it should have been "'Ringing' of Revolution".

Rog

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Rog Peek
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 02:38 PM

I'm sure you guessed that was me, didn't notice I lost my cookie.

Rog

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: GUEST,Helen
Date: 22 Feb 08 - 06:41 PM

My ringtones, appropriately enough, are harp tunes by Turlough O'Carolan. Very pleasant to listen to, but as Irene M said, I just want to hear them to the end without answering the phone. I used midi files and set the instrument to harp.

The ringtones are not loud, which has the positive by-product of preventing me from hearing it when it rings. I don't use it to receive calls, just to make them, so I return the calls if important and "can" them if they aren't. I don't give my phone number out.

Helen

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 23 Feb 08 - 03:02 AM

My first phone had one of those composer things on it and I could allocate different rings to different people for both calls and text messages. Manitas's tone was 'Sorry the day I was married', whilst work was 'chain gang'.

My new phone, although it's the same make as my first, no longer has the composer feature but will take midi files so I've been able to assign different tunes. To my lasting regret and eternal confusion, it doesn't allocate individual tones to text messages. In the absence of a good recording of 'sorry the day, Manitas is now 'Captain Pugwash/Speed the plough' and my text message alert is a recording of him snoring.

LTS

LTS

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 23 Feb 08 - 03:27 AM

For the very good reason that I'm really cheap we have very basic cell phones that don't permit loading ring tones. You can, however, use the keypad touch tones to program a simple melody in and use it as a ring tone.

Lin in Kansas quite probably has the only cell phone in existence that announces calls with "Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an ear ..."

(instrumental only, not vocalized)

[Don't let her know that I told ya.]

[[Mine just vibrates. I did have to get a belt clip and quit carrying in in my pocket, but I don't recall receiving a call since I made the switch. Mine doesn't get a lot of use.]]

John

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: GUEST,30_button
Date: 23 Feb 08 - 11:35 PM

As a Morris musician, my phone rings to an MP3 of the Winster Processional - complete with bells.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive)
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 04:35 AM

I have the Coppers singing 'Spencer the Rover'... unfotunately it annoys the shit out of most of my colleagues. I'd hoped it would turn 'em on to folk.

Ah well...

Nigel

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Megan L
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 04:52 AM

Liz yer a crue wumin so ye are. Mind you have heard the recording it certainly does get the attention :)

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Irene M
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 08:42 AM

21st Century. I can do numbers 2 and 3. Haven't got number 1 to work for me yet. Found loads of Fairport on Tescodownloads, but it froze up when I came to try and register. Twice.
Bob. I am with you on the issue of taking folk to a wider (captive if you are on a train!) audience. I would love to download Pierre Bensusan, for instance. Nup!

Never mind, it's all a learning experience.

Irene

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 08:45 AM

I have a PDA phone, and I just drag the file from my music file to my PDA file on my screen, job done.
G

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Irene M
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 09:39 AM

Success with Tesco. All I have to do is get Fairport's Lark in the Morning, out of Media Player, through Nokia PC Suite and onto the phone. Hah! Don't hold yer breath, will you.
BTW. Lark in the Morning was Jim Lloyd's sig tune for Folk on Sunday when I was 12 and discovered that there was a name for what I loved to sing, and that was "Folk".
Joy is an over-used word, and an under-experienced emotion, but that recording does it for me every time.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Irene M
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 10:31 AM

21 Century. Just been milling about in Media Player and found the "rip" option. No time to try it today.
Thank you.

Irene

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Micca
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 04:19 PM

I wanted "the Fish song" from Carmina Burana (you know, the one that starts "Oh For Tuna") but my phone couldnt handle the Polyphony!!! but I have "Siegfrieds Horn Call" as my incoming message tone which causes the odd startled look.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Feb 08 - 05:40 PM

And still he never hears it!

:D

LTS

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: mandotim
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 03:25 AM

I have 'Duelling Banjos' on mine. When it goes off in meetings, I stare at the other people in a vacant, slack-jawed but slightly menacing way...
Tim

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle
Date: 25 Feb 08 - 08:45 AM

I used the phone's internal recorder to record myself playing Trumpeter of Fyvie on the whistle. Not only pretty much guarantees my not getting confused by someone else's phone ringing BUT it has an inbuilt incentive to answer the phone since I played a completely bum note in line four and I'd be wholly embarrassed if anyone else heard it!

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Irene M
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 11:55 AM

Just to let anyone know who is remotely interested, I have finally succeeded in my quest and have Maddie Prior's Accappella Stella as my ringtone. I am one very satisfied and happy bunny.
Thank you for all the help and encouragement. Like the dualling banjos idea.
Am keeping Fairport's Lark in the Morning in reserve, as Nokia P C Suite says I don't have enough memory for it on the phone.

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: HipflaskAndy
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 11:59 AM

My ringtone is our band's 'Atholl Highlanders'
- starting from where there's a big 'yeugh!'
from fiddler Annie as we shift gear from key of 'D'
and go into 'A' - it really whoops into life
and works right well as an alert!

How sad is it, using yer own music for a ringtone!
Must get therapy!

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: Jim Martin
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 11:03 PM

The 'Balkanfolk' website has loads for those of you have a Balkan folk music bent!

Subject: RE: Tech: Folk music as mobile phone ringtones
From: The Sandman
Date: 02 Mar 08 - 03:47 AM

I try to use my mobile phone as little as possible,I generally have it with me in my car in case of breakdown.I really enjoy not being contactable,apart from by computer,which I can answer at my leisure,the same with my land line,when I can if I wish use an answerphone.I find other peoples mobile phones extremely annoying.
   I do find Mobile phones useful,as recording tools for pupils who [cant or dont want to read music]but can record a tune to get the air of it.
yours with curmudgeonly grumpiness.Dick Miles